This is the second of this year’s Copic-coloured Christmas cards and this one is based on the second lesson in the Winter Storybook class from Sandy Allnock over on Art-Classes. There were a couple of minor problems making this one. First off, I forgot to mark out the snow caps before colouring in the first… Continue reading Christmas bunny in the hills
This is the first of this year’s Copic-coloured Christmas cards. I would normally be panicking that I’d only just started but I have a vague plan to do some small batches and if it doesn’t work out then so be it. This year I’m putting myself first and crafting for my own well-being. This is… Continue reading Christmas sheep by lake
If I have any chance of making enough Christmas cards this year, I am absolutely going to have to do a few small batches of relatively simple cards. And this is the first of those. Not that it hasn't taken me most of a day to finish them off, finding time in between the daily… Continue reading Gold snowflakes on red
I was going to stop with the Christmas card making after finishing off the critters and snowflakes — I have plenty of spares from previous years so there was no danger of running out — but this post from Teela over at Every Tuesday caught my eye and I decided that one more quick card-making… Continue reading Snowflakes on watercolour
When I printed out the digis for the mouse and bunny, I did a few extra at the same sort of size. I haven't done much Copic colouring recently and these are all nice simple images that can be coloured without too much effort. I kept the card design similar to the previous cards, but… Continue reading Critters & snowflakes
A mouse for my mum and a bunny for my other half's sister. Some things never change. Copic colouring, fussy cutting, die-cuts and glitter are also a Christmas staple. I was originally going to leave a white border around the edge of the images — apart from any aesthetic choices, that tail is quite tricky… Continue reading Critters on snow
I finally made a start on the City Sidewalks class at the start of October, though I didn't manage to make it past the first lesson. It's a good job these courses have lifetime access! Rather than leave it lonely on the side waiting for me to do the other four lessons, I decided to… Continue reading City sidewalks #1
These robins definitely took the longest to make. From somewhere, not sure where, I had got it into my mind that I wanted to try doing a proper lino cut. I've made simple stamps in the past, but haven't tried using lino probably since I was in school. The robin turned out nicely, but needed… Continue reading Printed robins
These are probably my favourite cards this year. I love the variation you get from layering the strokes of different greens. Where Kristina Werner kept her Easy DIY Tree super simple, I decided to add some sparkle. I heat-embossed a pot and painted it gold, and then added a glittery die-cut star to the top.… Continue reading Watercolour tree
I'd say these were just inspired by the simple squares cards made by Veerle Moreels of A Colored Mind, but I honestly couldn't improve on her design. I did use different sentiments and added some matching splatters but apart from that... Supplies: stamps: Visible Image - Christmas chaos Visible Image - peace love and hope… Continue reading Watercolour squares
